Continued from Part 2. Once home the calls were far more frequent thanks to the falling rates of local calls. Ramesh hadn’t told his folks about his new friendship but his mom knew matters were fishy when his phone rang even in the temple of their family deity. Finally after heavy scheduling, Ramesh found a window to squeeze in a date with his new friend and a popular coffee place was chosen as the rendezvous [...]

Continued from Part 1. Finally after months of failure and coughing up a few lakhs to a shady fly-by-night company, he got some papers doctored and applied for a visa in the land of opportunities. The officer behind the counter heard his sob story and stamped his entry into the world of lap dances, casinos and bikini bars! Like all other so-called software developers, even Ramesh was armed with an inflated resume that boasted of [...]

Ramesh woke up to a mundane recession-hit morning and powered on his laptop. It’s a well-known fact among desi kids that most of them sign in to their yahoo accounts even before the morning ablutions. So as stud_guy4luv@yahoo.com was checking his daily email he was surprised to see a message with the following subject. Shruthi has sent you a friend request on Orkut Now any true orkut stud very well knows that they never get [...]

India is growing dynamically in every field. Today, the boom in economy, innovative technologies and improved infrastructure has become nation’s pride. The country has witnessed advancements in all fields but bias against a girl child is still prevailing in the country. India is one of the few countries where selective sex gender bias exists till today. The onslaught of feminism has not allowed Indian women to revolt against the century old systems. For centuries together [...]

Many are aware of the matchmaking process that is run by the maamis of South India, and they form an enormous densely knit network of homemakers. For my friends north of the vindhyas it can be compared to the dabbawallahs of Mumbai. Just as a marked dabba will find its way from Chembur to Cuffe Parade, similarly the eligibility of a girl in Jagadamba Centre, Vishakapatnam will reach the households of Mylapore, Chennai. Students in [...]